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Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
PoliticsGreek Politics. Returning from a short summer break, Greece’s ministers have a range of duties to undertake... travails of former ELSTAT president Andreas Georgiou and the government’s stance on this matter... scheme by the end of September. Regarding the OECD’s toolkit, Greece had adopted 270 of the organisation
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis look for new impetus from Thessaloniki appearances
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s two main parties, which have spent much of the last week arguing about the historic legacy of Nazism and Communism, are turning their attention to next month’s Thessaloniki International... Minister Stavros Kontonis’s decision to skip a conference organised by Estonia, the holder
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Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
EconomyFeaturesGreece has dropped one place in this year’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), standing at 87...). The country’s score rose briefly in recent years before dropping once more in 2016 and 2017. Among... also contrasted Greece’s results against overall results in Europe and North America, showing
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeaturesto strategies to secure Europe’s energy security, the role of Gazprom and the position of Turkey... to the country’s EU accession ambitions. In the build-up to the recent German elections, Angela Merkel stated... Internazionali, addressed these concerns. “Turkey has been moving closer to Russia, but it’s in Turkey’s
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Tsipras hopes to move on after decision on ex-airport project
PoliticsGreek Politicsairport at Hellenikon, as another opinion poll suggests New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA... and is currently one of Greece’s flagship projects. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will hope... because of Eldorado’s threat to pull out of Halkidiki and the protracted deliberations by KAS over
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Energy, defence high on agenda as Tsipras prepares for US visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyTsipras’s office this week. Tsipras's aides believe that the Greek premier's meeting with the US... Trump will host a working dinner in Tsipras’s honour, and point to possible agreements in the sectors... of the reasons that Tsipras received the invitation to meet with Trump so early in the latter’s tenure
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Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment business for the next few days, the gathering at the prime minister’s office on Friday suggested... of the crucial third review is in sight. Tsipras hopes that Tuesday’s meeting with Trump will help...’s forecast for a 2.2 percent of GDP primary surplus next year meant that more measures would
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Broad support in Parliament for handouts amid mixed signals from polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of redistributing 1.4 billion euros from this year’s excess primary surplus on Monday night even though voters do not seem convinced that the government’s... for Dimokratia newspaper suggested that 59 percent of Greeks approved of the government’s decision
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societyagainst the government and EU’s containment policy. “Lesvos is not an open prison, nor will we allow... and a better life in Europe.” “The EU and the Greek government need to start putting people’s lives ahead of politics and uphold Europe’s commitment to human rights.” she concluded. The Greek government appears
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Parliament to take up Kammenos allegations next week
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch authority. The coalition’s response was to suggest that the conservatives are upset that Tsipras... of up to 10 years. “The country’s foreign policy and national interests transcend any disagreements... documents so that they could be made available to Parliament’s Armaments Programmes and Contracts Committee
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